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TIL turtles can "breathe" through their butts

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P1L6L TIL that children were protected for the first time from overwork at the factories only in 1833, with UK’s Factory Act which prohibited the employment of children under nine, limited their working hours, and insisted they should receive schooling.
jGEN TIL the 2008 film ‘Rambo’ provided a huge morale boost to the Karen Freedom Fighters in Burma, who even adopted dialogue from the movie (most notably “Live for nothing, or die for something”) as rallying points and battle cries.
epyrn TIL Lead singer of popular Lambada song was brutally murdered in 2017
nWrLd TIL the average prison wage in the U.S maxes out at 52 cents per hour
loE0r TIL green tea, black tea, oolong tea all come from the same plant. The only difference is the oxidization level of the leaves.